Changing Bike Pedals - Stuck Pedal
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- I replace the clipless pedals on a bike with platform style pedals. The right pedal was very hard to remove. Pretty close to seized. I believe it became partially welded to the crank arm through galvanic corrosion. After getting both pedals off, I install the platform pedals with a little bit of grease on the threads so they won't get frozen to the cranks.
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I snapped my expensive park tool 6 mm 3/8 allen bit before recurring to your video. Then I got the job done easily. Thanks…
How you got that pedal off without swearing is pretty amazing. Thanks for the real world "when things go wrong" video....
+SDPickups
Seriously. I would have been swearing like a f***ing sailor.
Kudos for keeping your cool, RJ.
SDPickups this just happened to me 5 min ago. I raged quit and slammed my bike against my wall
Broly agrees.
I tried to remove mine and in 5 minutes I swore about 55 times.
Just a tip. The seat tube is intended to take linear compression loads and is sized accordingly. The tubing in a bike frame is much thinner than most people realize. Position the pedal arms horizontally with the one you want to remove leading. Place a block under the trailing pedal. You then have the length of both pedal arms to counter the weight you put on the cheater bar and the components are designed to take the full weight of the rider standing on the pedals. (and maybe pulling up on the bars as well)
I second this method! With the cranks horizontal I covered a breezeblock with an old tshirt to protect the trailing pedal/crankarm then I was able to push the cheater bar/spanner down with my foot whilst holding the bike down. Removed some seriously stuck pedals with ease and no damage to frame or components :)
Thanks for showing the whole actual struggle with the paddle. If you'd cut it or sped it up it would have just been another youtube DIY video. Seeing someone actually struggling is so much more real!
Man I'm waiting for the cussing & shit to start slinging around the garage or stuff to start snaping breaking. Because if something ever goes my way or I come out to the good on something... Well it was a damn accident cause I sure as hell didn't plan it that way! Lol We all have those days. Good video all the same Sir.
I watched dozen of videos on how to remove pedals and only got more frustrated until I came across this video. Simply and straight forward. I used the piece of wood (which was a game changer) but not having anything to do leverage on the wrench I use my body weight by stepping on the wrench and pushing with my foot.
Thanks.
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I have a length of black pipe sitting in my garage and didn't even think to use it as a cheater bar! Thanks for the pro tip with the wood leverage bar. Great video
I was about to spend money on a specialist wrench until you pointed out all you need is a 15mm spanner. I like how you get out of breath, and it doesn't go smoothly, and how the environment you do it in doesn't look like a bike repairer shop. It's close to how it would actually be if I tried it. Thanks so much. Subscribed.
This video just saved me a lot of time and anguish with my wifes bike. Just about stripped the hex screw and allen wrenches trying to get them off. Thank you.
Thank you RJ. Your video is worth more than all the idealistic ones filmed on well-maintained bikes in super-neat workshops. The others are made by people bent on creating content. Yours are helpful.
Thanks for the video. I was about to throw a major fit before I watched this. Trying to remove pedals for over an hour sucks. Its great when you watch a youtube vid that shows you how you can do it in literally minutes, thats some good advice.
Thanks. I like this vid. Usually you only see videos where everything immediately goes perfectly. THIS one I think is more realistic. That right pedal was a real bastard!
Good tips with the 2 by 3 and the metal pipe. Think I'm going to get me those too before I start my pedal change.
Cheers.
THANK YOU! I have literally spent 4 hours today trying to unscrew a pedal. All the other tutorials made it seem easy. The piece of wood made all the difference I can’t believe it’s worked, thanks!!
Great Idea ! I think this is the second time I bump into one of your videos to sort a sticky situation out ; this time , with the wood and the long bar the pedals came out in seconds ! well done for posting this
You can't imagine how useful your videos where... I've almost finished repairing my vintage Trek 820 , at least five of your videos have shown EXACTLY what I needed to know. First bike related channel I'm subscribing. Saludos from Argentina!
You are an absolute legend took my bike to a bike shop and they said the pedal couldn't be got off and wanted £100 for a new crank arm. Took it home, had a google and this came up. F**King amazing thanks!
Thanks for posting. Got stuck pedals removed, and probably saved myself from injury.
Inspired at 11:00 pm, night before an early ride....I did it!!! Didn't have the board but had a cheater bar for extra leverage. Thanks RJ! Feeling quite accomplished.
RJ, THANK YOU. I just bought a new second hand bike and I COULD NOT get the platform pedals off. I watched this video and they came off FIRST ATTEMPT. THANK YOU
thank you so much, SIR!!!! i'vee been struggling like hell in the past hour with a stuck pedal ;-) Glad to know that on the left side you have to turn clockwise... it all makes sense now...
thank you for ending my ordeal!
It's absolute gold plated info when your need it
Thanks MAN! I had a spoil crank set stucked with a pair of good pedals 3 years. The last mechanic which helped to install the pedals did not put any grease and used damn lots of force to tighten it. After many fail attempts, today I searched and saw your video of using a long pole for leverage and removed the pedals. The pedals goes to my mum bicycle as Long ago I had a new pedal to go with my new crank set. My mum is loving that new pedals.
I am going to be flat out honest. I have been riding bikes for 50 years. Changing pedals has ALWAYS been near impossible for me. Sometimes I get it to work, sometimes not. Thank you for the tips on the board and the pipe. Why I never thought of this I just do not know. In short: GOOD JOB.
Great tutorial! I have a tip that will help. As soon as the stuck pedal starts moving, apply lots of oil/lubricant before continuing to unscrew the pedal. Even though it won't dissolve the oxide/corrosion, it will significantly reduce the friction while unscrewing the pedal the rest of the way.
Absolutely. As soon as you get something this seized to start to move, hit with spray lube. Pb blaster, silicone lube, petroleum lube, or even wd40... any of these better than nothing. Once you get things moving you don't tempt fate!
After a lot of pain and suffering, this was the ONLY way that worked for me. Thank you!
Glad it worked for you!
My shop grade park tool rounded out trying to get one of them off. But I did have a 15mm wrench, 4 foot pipe and a 2x4. Worked like a charm. Thanks so much and to my wife who said "UA-cam stuck pedal."
Thank you a single lady determined to change pedals without asking for assists 😉🚴
Yet you still needed assistance
@@koleandrandomotherpeople6420 using UA-cam video is not assistance
Had the same issue. The cheat bar trick and knowing that the threading goes in the opposite direction helped me out. Thanks for the upload.
loosening >> turn towards the back of the bike (honestly never would have guessed it was different 1 side from the other)... a life saver ... THANKS .. always tell my boys Information is power and what better place to get CORRECT INFO from real life people with successful & visual experience
I had the same type of clip pedals on an old MTB, stuck for 25 years! Soaked in liquid wrench then put the crank arm in a vice today and finally got it. It was the left pedal and I’d been turning it counter clockwise all these years, d’oh!
It's interesting how one pedal always comes off easily enough and another is always stuck like hell. I wonder whether that means anything.
Remember that the two cranks were not match. Maybe the left pedal was greased before it was installed, but the right one wasn't. Or the metal was different and the galvanic reaction was different.
RJ The Bike Guy Yeah but i mean it happens for me too, and i have everything the same on both sides. I think in my case though, it's the side that is leaned onto when the bike is standing, it has a one-sided stand that leans it always the same way, so that's where moisture drips towards and corrosion happens. I can see more corrosion on this side.
Probably depending on what foot forward you ride- more fore I one side?
Remember one pedal has a reverse thread (righty loose, lefty tightly)
On my bike also the left one come off easily but the right side is stuck.
Dude THANK YOU! The other videos DONT address the stuck pedal issue...you saved me a trip to the bike shop🚴🏽👍🏽
Thanks so much for posting this. I was having so much trouble, I assumed I was doing something wrong. It's helpful to see the experts struggle a bit with difficult situations.
Thanks. I was packing up my bike for shipping and ran into the pedals from Hell. Your practical technique got my bike shipped on time. Thanks again.
Great!
This video saved my ass as I prepped my bike yesterday for my lady's cousin to ride it for STP (Seattle to Portland) today and tomorrow.
I had thought about riding that when I lived in Seattle. Never did.
Great idea RJ !!! I spent 3 months on the old pedals removal but not a single step processed, get the job done in 3 mins after enjoy your video.
Thanks very much for posting this. I had exactly this problem this afternoon, gave up, googled it, found block of wood, car roof bar for the pipe, did what you did, and bingo! Cheers.
I was getting desperate ,having tried everything from WD40, tapping the wrench with a hammer, using ice to shrink the aluminum to even standing on the wrench. But the trick with the 2x4 finally worked! I had to use some scrap woood from a broken fence and the pipe from an old vacuum, but it worked! Thanks for the tip!
Every time I get stuck on something like this, I look it up on youtube and usually it's one of your videos thats first of all search results. That's saying something I think. And I just got a pedal loose thanks to your leverage setup with the wooden stick. Thanks!
REALLY USEFUL to see how these can really get seized in the real world. All the other pedal removal demos I found show them unscrewing with no problem. I was struggling with a pedal today, worried that somehow I was doing it wrong or that I would break something. But no. It was just tight as all get-out and I had to use a pipe and brace, like you did, and I kept loading it up with penetrating oil, letting it sit, and then coming back to it later.
Thanks for showing us your struggle. Others would have cut to the part where you got it off.
Roxic12 I was thinking about that
Same! Thank you so much for that!
I didn't have a pipe, but a block of wood and an old carbon fiber hockey stick shaft did the trick. Thanks again RJ
I've been trying to remove the left pedal for a few days now. I'm actually tightening it. Thank you for this video. With less than a minute, I'm able to remove!
Had a horribly stuck pedal and this was the perfect video for me. A piece of wood gave me the leverage I needed. Thank you!
Was frustrated dealing with a stuck pedal, found this video and a piece of pipe in my garage and got it off! Thanks RJ
100/10 this legit helped me. my freaking platform pedals seemed to be freaking glued to the bike. used a regular wrench but had to JUMP on it! did not break anything, but holy hell were these suckers stuck on there! thanks for the video!
I was struggling for hours trying to change my pedals. Then I saw your video and realized that they screw off in opposite directions! Grrrrrrr! Thanks for the tip!
This was the most helpful video for an amateur that I have found. Limited tools, tips for leverage...perfect. Thank you!
What a great tip - leverage and that block of wood method worked a treat. Thanks for posting. I think you probably saved my knuckles and a lot of swearing.
Just had to do this. Park tools vid showed the guy tipping the bike in the stand vertical. I got one pedal off already while the bike was on the ground, i did a search because i couldn't get the 2nd pedal off. And I had my foot on the front rim like you had. So I came here of course and sure enough i found the way. Thank you! I used a 2x4 and i used my wife's rusted seat post, worked very well. Only allen key though so it was brutal. Only problem is my allen key broke my bottle cage. snapped it in half. lol
Ohhh... Opposite rotation. I been making it tighter. Thank you so much.
Jonathon Powell lol me too
Jonathon Powell 😂I just did the same thing
This saved me too. Spent 30 minutes tightening it
Well i made it super tight that i need to go to the bike store to fix it xD
yeah, i couldnt believe how hard the pedal was attached. well, easier when you turn it the right way....
This is helpful in that it depicts a real life situation - as someone else pointed out. I just spent 30 min trying to remove stuck pedals after watching another video that indicated all that you needed to do was put the 15mm wrench in step on the pedal and push down. There was no reference to a cheater bar (for leverage) nor the blocking wood, which I did not have and found it impossible to make progress without it. So.. thanks for the clarification regarding proper tools and approach.
DUDE.... Thank you!
Just about to call it quits and tried your trick with the wood and..... :::POP::: the old rust broke loose.
My pedals are off!!!
Thx again!!!
Tried 6 vids before finding this, you sir have an engineer's visionary mind so thank you for sharing
Thanks for the tip on using the board to block the crank. After at first trying unsuccessfully to pull a pair of Look pedals off my bike, I shot some WD-40 on the pedal side of each axle and came in and watched your video. After that I tried it again and they popped right off.
You have no idea how much this helped me out.
you saved mayday I was trying all day watching so many other videos but yours was the only one that helped you deserve a sub
RJ, thank you for that 2x4 trick. Used a snap-on adjustable crows foot and ratchet. Pedals came off flawlessly!
Oh jeez. Thank you!!! I came here to find out how to remove a stuck pedal. Then found out bike pedals loosen towards back wheel!!! I’d literally spent a half hour thumping my spanner with a lump of wood....the wrong way 🤣
Thank you. I was trying to change the pedals on a bike my son gave me because I don't have clip-on shoes. I was pretty sure I was doing it right, but nothing would budge so I assumed I must have been doing something wrong. Knowing that a breaker bar is sometimes necessary is a big help. Glad to know there isn't some tricky hidden locking mechanism and it's okay to use a lot of force.
Thanks for the video, the plank trick was the difference between my success and failure, without the plank I would have still been there this time next year
The wooden chock block did the trick for me! Cheers for the vid👍
Thank you for posting the video. I was about to give up. I don’t have a cheater bar. That made all the difference.
Super helpful RJ. I just got a couple stuck pedals off myself. The day before I attempted to get them off, I hit them with a few sprays of liquid wrench throughout the day; maybe 4-5 sprays. The next morning they came right off.
The only video that allowed me to take off my stuck pedals, watched & tried all the other methods but this worked so easy.THANKS!!!!!!
I like when a video depicts what happens in real life:>)
Thank you for this!
Good call on the cheater bar and fulcrum. I have two ancient bikes that I am setting up for training use. Worked like a charm. I might add a step of using penetrating oil first. This is a "brute force effort" after one tries the conventional pedal removal method.
Can't stress often enough to STOP and remember which side you're working on....
Buying a piece of pipe and a little elbow grease saved me from bringing two partially disassembled bikes to the LBS
Remember to clean the crank and grease the pedal before putting on the replacement
A million thanks! I don't need to buy a new crankset now - got the pedals lose again
Thank you! I would not have been able to remove the pedals without your advice!
The right pedal was also more difficult than the left - and I'm in the Southern Hemisphere! ;-)
Thank you so much for this video! I just recently purchased a Peloton bike and the previous owner had installed after market pedals and I could not get them off! After watching your video tricks I was able to wedge a rolled yoga mat inside of the area where you applied a piece of wood and got it off! I was almost in tears afraid I would never get that thing off! Thank you thank you thank you!
RJ The Bike Guy, you rock as they used to say lol. After 3 odd minutes of watching your video I was able to replace my pedal. Thank you brother for this video. You definitely will be blessed for helping someone else in life
I've got a stuck pedal. This video has been really helpful. Thank you. 🙏🙂👍
Great idea. Using a piece of wood to keep the crank from rotating helped!
Brilliant video, i was struggling removing my pedals but looking at the struggle he had removing his own ones gave me the confidence to carry on as i thought i was going to damage mine and also giving datails on lefthand thread and right hand thread which is just confusing when someone is trying to tell you without showing you, great video and i know who to go to for more advice, thankyou so much
Great vids. R.J. I watch all the time, Ive turned into a real bike wrencher over the last six months or so. Always have been working on / flipping bikes, but much more knowledgeable now....customers like that.
I admire your patience...lol...like that vid where it took you like 4 days to get a stuck fork post out./ or maybe it was a seat tube. Either way... I would've cut it off with a grinder long before that. in fact , I have done..just that. ;)
Best bike channel on here...Why??.....because you show the entire process, even when it gets tough...you don't just cut to the 'after shot'....I like that
best
Franco
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Great tips!! Your trick with the block of timber just saved the day....used a wooden chopping board and it did the trick perfectly
Thank you, I got both stuck pedals off by following your advice
I am impressed that your 15-wrench did not die during the process.
After killing a few wrenches i went with a LifeLine pedal wrench (ok for the price, but not ParkTool/Pedros grade)
That ‘jam the crank with a length of timber’ really worked for me. Thanks!
Thanks RJ, needless to say I only looked for your ‘how to…’ vid after I had had a ‘special tool’ malfunction and hit the plastic chain guard so hard I broke it…with my little finger.
A world of pain 😐
Left side is REVERSE threaded! OMG, thank you. I can stop being mean to my kids now.
Thanks for this video. I had a bike shop put on some clipless pedals that a friend gave me. I hated them. I wanted to put the originals back on...your video helped. Thanks again!
Yeah! Finally managed to get an old pedal off using a wrench inside a metal table leg. Thanks for the video! What suprised me was that it seemed well greased. I guess it was just tight as heck.
hello i just wanted to let you know that i have taken my pedals off using the technique, that you showed in your video, for that i say thank you. i did not have an iron bar, so i used a 25mm/1inch pvc pipe, and that worked
and I want to let you know that I didn't have a steel pipe but a pvc, and your comment saved me from breaking my wrist 5 years later!
Thanks for the 2x4 suggestion! This helped me get a stuck pedal off when I didn't have anyone to hold my, uh, crank.
If you orient the crank arm towards the front of the bike, and the wrench toward the back you can use the crank's structure to your advantage, usually not needing support from.a 2x4. In this case there was(i'm going with you on this ) some galvanic corrosion which made it harder. Also I would use more grease (on both pedal and crank) .
Thanks for uploading 👍🏻 Bare feet bike repairs is ballsy 🦶🦶
You show ways to use regular tools! Thank you! This is the exact problem we have! Great use of the board! Perfect solution to our pedal problem. Kudos
you forgot to add swear loudly, worked for me
The board to hold the pedals saved the day for me. Thanks!
Great video. I used PVC pipe to get a very long lever arm and it worked great. Push the wood through to the other side and wedge it against a wall and it is much easier!
Thanks. My drive pedal broke and I just had no clue how to take it off til I You Tube'd it and found your video... My bike is 25 years old. The Bar and 2 x 4 worked well.....now off to the store to buy a new pedal and some grease. Thx.
Out of all the pedal videos out there, this one helped me the most. Thanks so much.
Absolutely helped a ton, just getting cheap plastic pedals off a new commuter, thanks for the pointers!
Haha changed my pedals today on my Trek Marlin mtb. Had basic Welgo nylons and getting quite slippery. After watching your video I expected the worst. Got the plank and the cheater bar and ......it came really easy. Didn't need either. Just a wrench. At least you taught me which direction to turn. I knew one of them had a left hand thread but didn't know which. Thanks for the video.
They are usually tight, but not usually as tight as the one in this video.
THANKYOU!! Was getting to the point of having to take it to the bike shop to get the wretched things removed. This trick sorted it.
Thanks! Struggled with a Crankbrother unit until I used the cheat bar and 2x3. Leverage is key.
I just put my leg behind the pedal for leverage and used a rubber mallot hammer to hit the 15 mm wrench and it came off much easier versus struggling with it using a cheater bar or using a piece of wood. It worked for me if anybody ever wants to use this method if u dont ever have any other tools available at ur disposal.
brandon martin I tried the rubber mallet but didn't work. You have higher chance of accident that way too.
This video is really old, but I tried it today and it worked like a charm!
Got a new bike, wanted other pedals but they were stuck, i acctualy felt the frame bending under the forses, ended up taking both cranks of and placing them into a vice, and finaly with a 1 meter 50 length bar got them of, now take them of once every two months to put just petroleum vaseline on the treads and the work fine, seizing is very bad on a different material combo like aluminium and steel(s235) or so, mayby put a few stones and a pillow under the other crank instead of putting scratches on the frame, not very nice on a high end roadbike.... thanks for all the amazing vids, took a lot of tricks out of them
you can heat up the surrounding of the pedal threads , it will expand and it will be more easyr to undo!
Used to use cheater bars on box end wrenches at work and it's good to see that I wasn't missing something like a special tool or retainer or something, to get that off of there. Just have to go to HD and have them cut me off some pipe. Thanks for saving me some $- was almost ready to take it to a bike shop and let them deal with it.